Pea thresher and cleaner.



No. 657,373. Patented. Sept. 4, I900. S. H. WILLIAMS.

PEA THBESHER AND CLEANER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF C 1 SAMUEL H. WILLIAMS, OF BARNARDSVILLE, TENNESSEEQ' PE A THRESHER AND CLEANER.

sPEoIFicATIoN forming part of; Letters Patent No. 6571373, dated September 4, 1900i Application filed July 15, 1899. bferialNO- 723,887. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. WILLIAMS, of Barnardsville, in the county of Roane and State of Tennessee,'have invented anew and Improved Pea Thresher and Cleaner, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and ,exact de: scription.

One object of my invention is to ,provide a machine capable of threshing peas 'on the vine just as they are mowed and raked in thefield and also .to clean the peas with little A further object of the invention is to so construct the machine that one portion of the concave will be adapted especially for cutting the pods from the vinesand the other portion for threshing the'peas from the pods.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby any pods that may pass through the machine without having the peas removed from them will be automatically'returned to a portion ofthe concave and cylinder especially. adapted 'to complete the threshing operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a complete separation of the vines from the unthreshed pods and shelled peas and the shelled peas from the pods after'the vines,

peas, and pods have passed between the concave and cylinder.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the severalparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar charaot'e'rs'of reference indicate corresponding parts inboth figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through the machine, the section being taken substantially on the line 1 1 of Fig.2; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the cylinder appearing in plan view.

- The frame A of ,the machine consists of two sides, a top, if desired, and a partial bottom 11, that extends from the back to a point inclines downwardly to its center, at whiclr point another transverse trough-14 is made, and in this trough a screw conveyer 15 is whichshaftextends through the sides of the machine, being provided with a pulley l6 at one end and a pulley 16 at the opposite end.

The concave B is located in front of the fancasing 12 and is suitably. supported in the frame, and the said concave is provided at its forward upper end with a rearwardly and downwardly inclined table 17 and at its opposite end with a second 'table17 that is slightly upwardly and rearwardly inclined. The cylinder 0 is mounted to revolve above the concave in. the usual manner, and the said cylinder is mounted upon a shaft 18, that extends through the sides of the frame. Said shaft 18. is provided with a driving-pulley 18 at one end and with a large and a small pulley 18 and 18 at its opposite. end. The cylinder is divided into two sections 0 and o by an annular partition 19, the division 0 being much smaller than the division 0, and the same partition 19 makes a corresponding division in the concave, the larger division being designated ash and the smaller division as b. The first row of teeth 20 in the front of the concave at the division I) have sharp or cutting edges, being adapted to sever the pods from the vinesg but the other teeth 21 are plain, much larger, and are placed closer together, as illustrated in Fig.2. 22 in the division I) of the conoave are all of like character and are preferably thinner than the teeth'21; but the teeth 23 of the cylinder are all alike. The top of the cylinder is closed by a suitable hood 24.

The vines'witn'the pods attached are fed to the concave and cylinder at the divisions c and b and, as stated, the pods are cut from the'vines as the vines enter the space between the cylinder and the concave, and the plain teeth of the cylinder and concave. serve to thresh the peas from the pods. The pods, threshed peas, and vines pass rearward over the table 17 of the concave to an elevator D, that is given an upward and rearward inclination. This elevator consists usually of an The teeth mounted to revolve, adapted to conduct the endless eanvas havingy slats upon its outer a suitahleshafrhi that d s rrirontfi'e frame and is provided at,one-endwith a'puk ley 31 and atthe opposite end with apiilley.

'l emachine' and moiintedtiponi suiticarry teeth 36'.

suitable g-nide raiIs 37. A curv'ed" 38 is located between-- the elevator Dan'dthe forward endof theseparaitor-E,theconcaved surfaceof" the p'artiitionfacin-g rearwarias shown inEig, 1 Belowthi-spartition 3S'fa'nd"-; the traveling separator E a series of slats: 3'9

is horizontally located,- the slats being p-rzloperly connectedat' their forward ends-and securedi'n position in the-:fi'amerbelow thepartition '38 'of teeth upon its uppersu rface-,.,the t'eetlihaw Eachslat is pro vided wit -h. a; series inga rearwardinclination, and thepatlisof the lower teeth on the traveling separator are between the" toothed slats 39; H

The: vines, shelled peasand pods wlienzd'e livered' by the elevator D fall upon" s ries of toothed slats 3 9, wliicli may terni a. toothed grate and the teetih tofi t-hel traveling separator when, passing bet-ween the bars or slats of this grate separate the vines from the-pods" and shelled peas, causing. the pods and peas to ftlFthroughthe spaces-be, tween the gratebars, whi1ethevinesmre conducted rearward'uponth e-graterbarsi and do and pods when they dropfrom the grate fall'- upon-a screen F, whichscre'en; F consists of aseries ofi'conne'cted barsrorslats preferably made. of wood" and connected. at both of their ends bymea'ns of. cross-bars 4'2}v The: marvidu'albars'ofi the screen are designatedas 41 and the rearof the screen E'is-s'nspendedi by hangers 43, pivoted to the sides-=05 the,

casing. The pods from wli-iehtliepeashave not been: shelled cannot pass through. the spaces betweem the barsjof" said se'reen ',,but} the peas and partially-thresliedpods,willifalli upon a sieve G, be1o w the screen F,.v-whic.lt" sieve at its rearend' is supported by pivoted hangers 44,, correspondinglb the hanger-s43;

The forwardcross-bar-of the screen and the: 1

forward; end of the sieve G areattaelied 'toa lever 5 at'oppositesides of its pivot-4&6, since both the screen and" thesieve are: adapted to and a smaller druin 32, which is a=t the tft 33. An endl'esscanvas 34: iswcar Tied by these rollersord i'unisfiqand-Bigandi the canvas 34'- is; provided with transverse slats 35-upon its outer face, and?v said'- slat-"s I p The lowerstretch of theape 1 vas' and" attached slats isjsu'pported being fed-to the grate bars or slats 39.

The reciprocation of the sieve and screen list accourplisliediiii anytdesireda manner. As shown, however, a connecting rod or link 48 is'atl-ached to the upper end of the lever 45, the other end of the link being pivotally att-ached to the lower end of a level-49, pivoted at 50, the upper end of the lever'4-9 being Pf connected by'mea-nsof apitrnan 52with an 5 eoeentrierfiamennttedon the driving-shaft 31 oflthe traveling separator.

- The shelled peas drop through the screen j G into the: chamber belowsaid screeng where they are subjected: to'the action of: the fan andZcleanedand" the; cleaned peasare re cei;v ed; -hy' the serew' conveyer 15v and condhetedonlt to one sideyof the machine; but the partially-threshed' peas and those-pods that havenot been threshed out are delive red by the: recip rocatingscreen' and;- sieve upon aconveyerh'lgrlocatediin. the trough 13 at the rear ofi'themachine andthistransverse conveyer 57 dGIIVGI'S BhG material carriedathereby intothe. bottorn= portion of tl ie elevator 58, located atl'one' sideofi theimach'in e, which'elevator is? provided with a vspo Dir- 59i at its. forj ward. up ,e'r'end',, and' this spoutdelivers the j, lnateriah-to the-d'ivisions b and cofi the-cyh Z. ifide'rand concave,., where the threshing op- 1 erat-ion is completed; v p p A The screw" conveyor 15- is driven by a belt 54,,carried olver the pulley 16; of 'thejtfanT-shaft 16"" to a" pulley 55,, mounted... on the shaft 1:5

and this shaft I5v also carriesasecondpulley j 56;- llhisdatterpulley is eonnectedbyabelt fidwith-a pulleyfil located on the lower drilvofi the: screw conveyor 1'5',,as: show/mint Fig. l 2,,

' ingshaft 621of'theelevaton'58. Thecpnveyer 5'7 'isy driven hy carryingla shafit 63 from: one of supports rear-ward,, to which shaft a pulley 64 is secured, and this pulley 64 1s.

connected, by a.-cross+be1t-65 with- 21; pulley'on V f h f. the-rear shaft 3'3 ofrthe traveling separator. livered. at the end of themachine Th-epeas' 'lllie t'raveling separator isdri-vemby across belti66, that is passedpver- 131181111116," 31 on therdriving; shaft-31 of the said separator and over" the pulley 2-9;, located on the driving peas andpods fall through-thespaces betweent the grate-bars upon a reciprocating screen and sievefrom whichi the peas drop to a suitable convey-er whiler'tlie unthreshed or parscreen and sieve to aconveyer and elevator that recondfucts them totheconcaveiand scyl Havihgsthus described; my invention; IQ

.tially threshed pods are delivered from the ranged closer together than the teeth of the larger division, a separating device to which the material is delivered to separate the vines from the shelled peas and pods, and remove the vines from the machine, and means for returning the unthreshed or partially-threshed pods to the smaller division of the concave, substantially as described.

2. In a pea thresher and cleaner, a threshing device, an elevator arranged to receive material from the threshing device, a fixed toothed grate located at the rear of the elejvator, a traveling toothed separator located atthe rear of the upper portion of the elevator and above the toothed grate, horizontally extending guide rails located between the toothed grate and the traveling separator for A supporting the latter, the teeth of the separator passing between the guide-rails and between.the toothed slats or bars of the grate, a curved partition located between the elevator and the forward end of the separator and above the forward end'of the toothed grate, the concaved surface of the partition facing rearward, a reciprocating screen and sieve located beneath the grate, a conveyer for the shelled peas, a fan arranged to direct currents of air.upon the falling shelled peas, and a conveyer for the material that will not pass through said screen and sieve, substantially as described.

t 3. In a pea thresher and cleaner, a cylinderand concave, an elevator arranged to receive material from the cylinder and concave, fixed toothed slats or bars located at the rear of the elevator and adapted to receive material therefrom, a travelingtoothed separator acting in conjunction with the toothed slats, and a screening device located beneath the said toothed slats and comprising a screen consisting of slats or bars connected at their ends by cross-bars, and a sieve located beneath the screen, the said screen and sieve being supported attheir rear ends by pivoted hangers, a lever fulcrumed at a pointbetween the forward ends of the sieve and screen and attached at opposite sides of its pivot to said ends, the upperend of said lever extending above the screen, an eccentric actuated by a moving part of the machine, and connections between the eccentric and the upper end of said lever, substantially as described.

SAMUEL H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

G. T. RIDDLE, 'H. N. BAINYER. 

